Language

=History of Language=

Sumerian language is the first known language and is unique also in the fact that it is an isolated language with no distinguishable connections to following languages. Sumerian was used in Southern Mesopotamia as early as 3100 B.C. and reached its peak during the 3000s B.C.. Following this in about 2000 B.C. Sumerian was replaced with Akkadian as the spoken language but continued to flourish as a written language until around the beginning of the Christian era. Sumerian never really grew out of its native land of Southern Mesopotamia.
 * Sumerian**

This is a picture of Cuneiform script, which was the method used to write Sumerian and was later adapted to write following languages.

Cuneiform is one of the earliest known forms of written language. Cuneiform really began to appear around 3000 B. C., beginning as a set of pictographs. Cuneiform developed from there on into more abstract shapes and slowly forming into a fairly comprehensive form of written expression. Translation of cuneiform is actually very precise, and some translations may actually contain more information than the original piece itself.
 * Cuneiform**